Kristen Nicole

Named by Forbes as a top influencer in Big Data, Kristen Nicole is currently a Senior Editor at SiliconANGLE.com. She got her start with 606tech, a Chicago blog she dedicated to the social media space, going on to become the lead writer and Field Editor at Mashable.

Kristen Nicole has also contributed to other publications, from TIME Techland to Forbes. Her work has been syndicated across a number of media outlets, including The New York Times, and MSNBC.

Kristen Nicole published her first book, The Twitter Survival Guide, and is currently completing her second book on predictive analytics.

Latest from Kristen Nicole

Is It Too Soon for Facebook Places, and Where Are the Consumers’ Intrests?

NEWS By KRISTEN NICOLE16 YEARS AGO

It’s barely been a week since Facebook Places launched, and the buzz has not slowed around its business potential, marketing prowess and startup-squashing powers. But a Wall Street Journal article today reminds us that it’s far too soon to jump to major …

Confirmed: Twitter Hires Bain and Hill, Growing Sales & Revenue

NEWS By KRISTEN NICOLE16 YEARS AGO

The news of Bain’s move from News Corp. to Twitter has been confirmed, with some extra icing. Brent Hill, a former Google Sales executive, will also be joining Twitter as the director of sales for Central U.S. “With Adam and Brent joining …

Vyatta 6.1 Launch Today, Expanding Virtualization Security in a Big Way

NEWS By KRISTEN NICOLE16 YEARS AGO

Open networking and vitrualization company Vyatta has launched Version 6.1 today, the latest in its open network OS upgrades. It’s an important milestone for the Cisco alternative, as it is a compilation of several factors and successes that help to establish the …

Viralheat Democratizes Media Data Analytics with Social Trends

NEWS By KRISTEN NICOLE16 YEARS AGO

Social media analytics tool Viralheat is launching a new product today: Social Trends bring fresh visualization features to Viralheat’s steadily expanding toolkit. The startup, which launched in July 2009, provides affordable social media analytics from across multiple portals, from Twitter to YouTube, …

Twitter Steals News Corp. Executive to Head Up Revenues

NEWS By KRISTEN NICOLE16 YEARS AGO

Twitter’s latest move towards building up its business–the company has reportedly poached Adam Bain from News Corp., bringing him on to head up the revenue for Twitter. Reporting directly to COO Dick Costolo, Bain’s role as President, Revenue will involve working closely …

HP Outbids Dell, Offers 3PAR $1.6 Billion

NEWS By KRISTEN NICOLE16 YEARS AGO

Just a week after Dell announced its plans to acquire data-storage company 3PAR, rival Hewlett-Packard has made a competing bid. HP is offering $24 per share, 33 percent higher than Dell’s bid, giving 3PAR a valuation of $1.6 billion. The bidding war …

Federated Media Acquires TextDigger, Musgrove Named Chief Scientist

NEWS By KRISTEN NICOLE16 YEARS AGO

Federated Media has announced its acquisition of the core technology behind TextDigger, a search engine startup. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Launched as a project at a CNET incubator, TextDigger’s profiling technology platform is used to add semantics indexing …

StockTwits Investor Relations, New Design and Brand Marketing Tools

NEWS By KRISTEN NICOLE16 YEARS AGO

StockTwits, the Twitter-centric microblogging site for investors, has unveiled a new site design today, with a few new perks to boot. One in particular could be helpful for brands and investors; the new StockTwits IR, still in beta, makes communication amongst these …

Inkling: New Funding and Platform for iPad Digital Textbooks

NEWS By KRISTEN NICOLE16 YEARS AGO

Inkling has announced its funding and platform launch today, introducing some much needed new concepts to the digital publishing and education industries. The startup creates interactive apps for higher learning, developing digital textbooks for use on the iPad. Inkling has raised an …

Nokia Acquires Motally: Mobile Analytics on the Rise

NEWS By KRISTEN NICOLE16 YEARS AGO

Nokia has announced its plans to acquire Motally, the U.S.-based mobile analytics service. The financial details of the deal were not revealed. Motally provides mobile browsing and in-app tracking and reporting, designed for use by publishers and developers to help them optimize …

Kristen Nicole

Latest from Kristen Nicole

Is It Too Soon for Facebook Places, and Where Are the Consumers’ Intrests?

Confirmed: Twitter Hires Bain and Hill, Growing Sales & Revenue

Twitter Steals News Corp. Executive to Head Up Revenues

Federated Media Acquires TextDigger, Musgrove Named Chief Scientist

StockTwits Investor Relations, New Design and Brand Marketing Tools

Inkling: New Funding and Platform for iPad Digital Textbooks

Nokia Acquires Motally: Mobile Analytics on the Rise

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